Word details
突っぱねる
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 突っぱねる.
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Entry
1
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
Examples
トムはメアリーを口説きおとすことができなかった。メアリーはトムのデートの要求を突っぱねたから。
Tom couldn't make the grade with Mary; she refused him when he asked her for a date.
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